Endorsement.
headquarters army of Tennessee, Tallahoma, Tennessee, April 21st, 1863.
Respectfully forwarded with the request that this be substituted for Brigadier-General Ruggles' report.
The facts he states are not within my personal knowledge, as I was at the time on a distant part of the field, but he is sustained by his subordinate commanders and a mass of other testimony, and justice to his command entitles his request to consideration. Braxton Bragg, General Commanding. Official:
J. Stoddard Johnston, A. D. C. Official: R. M. Hooe, A. A. G.
J. Stoddard Johnston, A. D. C. Official: R. M. Hooe, A. A. G.
I hereby certify that the foregoing are copies of official records.